The Manawatu Standard: Big day out for tiny fans

By EMMA GOODWIN – The Manawatu Standard
19/01/2010

SAM BAKER/The Manawatu Standard

ROCK THE GALAXY: Move over Hi5, Gerry and the Crocodettes rocked the house at the Globe theatre.

Expectant and animated chatter, some jostling for the perfect position and a bit of mosh pit jumping up and down in the darkened venue before the headline act took to the stage – it was as intense and spirited as if it was the Big Day Out.

For the preschoolers in the coveted front row seats of the Globe Theatre it was exactly that, a big day out.

Gerry and the Crocodettes had come to town from parallel universe Croco Galaxy and this audience wasn’t going to miss a beat.

The New Zealand children’s band rocked the house from the moment it took the stage.
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KiaOra – Air New Zealand inflight magazine: Gerry and the Crocodettes

By Julia Adams, January 2010

There’s an extra-terrestrial “crocodette”, a princess from outer space, a 900-year-old galactic alligator and a yeti from Tibet. Meet the colourful cast of Gerry and the Crocodettes, children’s entertainers based in Motueka and billed as “New Zealand’s answer to the Wiggles”. They’ve been performing for a little over a year, and embark on a North Island tour this month with the Star Fairies, creatures who “live among the stars and listen to all children’s wishes”. The kids will be totally enchanted by the all-singing, all-dancing crew.
Performing in centres across the North Island, January 16 to 31. www.thecrocodettes.com

The Northern Advocate: FRINCESS HOPS ON FOR LESSON

The Frincess learns to ride her bike during the Gerry and the Crocodettes kids’ show at Capitaine Bougainville Theatre, Forum North yesterday.

Forum North venue and events co-ordinator Elly Girbin said about 100 youngsters and their parents and caregivers turned up.

The children were given an extra treat when the characters came out to meet them in the foyer after the performance.

The Northern Advocate: Crocodettes tale out of this world

GERRY and the Crocodettes will arrive in Whangarei on Monday from a place far away in the universe called Croco Galaxy.

Crocodette Gerry was instructed to find Pat (the 900-year-old Galactic Alligator who plays a banjo) and see what it was about Earth that would make a superior alligator want to live there. However, only moments after landing, she discovered that Frincess, the only
child to the King and Queen of Croco Galaxy, had travelled with her.

In this show about their journey, Frincess, Gerry and Pat are joined by Herman, a Yeti who hails from Tibet and lives deep underground, and The Star Fairies, who live among the stars and listen to children’s wishes.

The Dominion Post

The school holidays begin on Friday and with it comes a big selection of children’s theatre and related entertainment to keep boredom at bay for the young ones. It includes Gerry and the Crocodettes, featuring character Frincess, pictured, who perform at Newtown Community Centre, Wellington next Monday, Grewtown Little Theatre next Tuesday and Masterton Intermediate School Hall next Wednesday. For all shows go to thecrocodettes.com.

New Zealand Womans Weekly: CROC ‘N’ ROLL

31 August 2009
Join Gerry and The Crocodettes, a new and exciting New Zealand entertainment group for kids, as they sing and dance their way around the planet with their catchy, bouncy songs. We have five prize packs – each containing a CD, a DVD and a poster – to give away to readers.

HOW TO ENTER
WEB: Visit our website, www.nzwomansweekly.co.nz
MAIL: Write your name and address on the back of an envelope and send to:
Crocodettes Giveaway,
New Zealand Woman’s Weekly,
PO Box 90267, Victoria St West,
Auckland 1142, by 11 September.